Elected Officials, State Officers, and State Employees.
(a) Beginning on October 1, 2021, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any compensation, salary supplement, or expense allowance under existing law paid by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, to any elected official or state officer or employee, excluding circuit and district judges, district attorneys, and
the Attorney General, that is based in whole or in part on the compensation, salary supplement, or expense allowance of another judge or justice shall be based on the salary, salary supplement, or expense allowance of the judge or justice on September 30, 2021.
(b) Beginning with the next term of office following October 1, 2025, the compensation of any elected official subject to a local law that sets his or her compensation based in whole or in part on the salary of a circuit or district judge shall be calculated using the base amounts in Section 12-10B-1, and any adjustment based on service or longevity must be based on the elected official’s own time in office. (c) Any compensation paid to an elected official subject to this section between October 1, 2021, and the official’s next term of office commencing after October 1, 2025, is ratified and confirmed.
History: (Act 2021-441, §4; Act 2025-384, §1.)